I’m no expert (on frame #15) and you might never do this, but I’ll throw the following out so you don’t ever make a mistake I made. I’ve been using the Mr. Rodriguez bender for all my stays. Make sure you think about the disc brake rotors, if applicable. it’s tempting to bend the stays in tight and forget to leave room…did it once…ughh.
Great point Tom, I had been warned of that luckily before attempting my first stays. I can definitely see how it would happen. I drew out the rotor and cassette on the life-size drawing to help when ‘fitting up’ the stays on the drawing before going further (slotting, mitering). You can probably see that I didn’t make these super S-bendy which I did to be safe. I’d like to get the tops to come in closer together next time and wrap around the tire better while still leaving enough room for the rotor and cassette.
I’m no expert (on frame #15) and you might never do this, but I’ll throw the following out so you don’t ever make a mistake I made. I’ve been using the Mr. Rodriguez bender for all my stays. Make sure you think about the disc brake rotors, if applicable. it’s tempting to bend the stays in tight and forget to leave room…did it once…ughh.
Great point Tom, I had been warned of that luckily before attempting my first stays. I can definitely see how it would happen. I drew out the rotor and cassette on the life-size drawing to help when ‘fitting up’ the stays on the drawing before going further (slotting, mitering). You can probably see that I didn’t make these super S-bendy which I did to be safe. I’d like to get the tops to come in closer together next time and wrap around the tire better while still leaving enough room for the rotor and cassette.